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Here are the candidates running for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor in 2022.

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — By now, most voters have likely heard about the congested, double-digit field of contenders jockeying in this year’s primary

BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania — Last week, a memo circulated by Penn Progress, a group supporting Conor Lamb in Pennsylvanias open-seat Senate race, warned donors that Lamb was trailing John Fetterman by 30 percentage points. At the time, many in Washington expressed shock that the golden child of the 2018 midterm elections was losing to the state’s sitting lieutenant governor, a man despised by his partys establishment.

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is heralded as the eighth wonder of the world in the Democratic race to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania.

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is heralded as the eighth wonder of the world in the Democratic race to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In almost half the states, governors and lieutenant governors are either nominated separately, or else the official who is next in the line of succession is elected separately.— This makes it reasonably common for the governor and lieutenant governor to come from separate parties. Currently, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Vermont fall into this category. Sometimes these pairings work smoothly; other times, they don’t.— Even governors and lieutenant governors...

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In almost half the states, governors and lieutenant governors are either nominated separately, or else the official who is next in the line of succession is elected separately.— This makes it reasonably common for the governor and lieutenant governor to come from separate parties. Currently, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Vermont fall into this category. Sometimes these pairings work smoothly; other times, they don’t.— Even governors and lieutenant governors...

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Allegheny County state Representative Austin Davis is formally announcing his bid for lieutenant governor this morning — and he enters the race with the backing of prominent Democrats that include the party’s all-but-certain gubernatorial nominee, Attorney General Josh Shapiro.